Dead & Dying Trees
Welcome to the Dead & Dying Tree Section of the ADC Website
The photograph above was taken in an Oak Woodland in Mendocino County, CA. It shows the majesty and beauty of a healthy old Oak Tree. We are saddened by the fact that many of the Oak Trees (with or without Sudden Oak Tree Death Syndrome), are declining and dying at a rapid rate throughout many areas of California and other states. The news is not good with regard to the health of entire suites of tree and plants communities across the United States.
There are many new threats to our forestland, public parks, and other areas besides tree decline:
- These threats involve banning people from access to our public lands by the U.S. Forest Service and other agencies;
- New laws which allow toxic waste dumping in forestlands from mining and other activities;
- The number and scope of permits being issued for uranium mining, natural gas fracturing, shale oil deveopment, mineral extraction, and the clearcutting of these lands for profit.
The threats are increasing as the planned sale of public lands and the underming of our Clean Air and Water Acts are being conducted in the halls of congress right now. These threats to our water supplies, forest lands, and human health through deregulation and stopping the protection of our enviroment will have profound impacts in the coming years.
Articles & Other Infomation
37 1 2007 NWV Our Dead & Dying Trees July 22, 2007 Article by Rosalind.pdf
General Information
37A 1999 Tree Fall Colors 1999.pdf
37A 2004 General Tree Decline Symptoms Information 2004.pdf
37A 2005 Tree Dictionary 2005.pdf
37A 2008 ENN News August 4, 2008 Natural Forests Store CO2 More Than Industrialized Forests.pdf
37A 2009 33 NASA News Tree Deaths Have Doubled Across the Western United States January 22, 2009.pdf
37A 2009 NASA Forest Tree Deaths Have Doubled in the Western States January 22, 2009.pdf
Articles, Posters & Other Information
37B 2007 NewsWithviews.com Our Dead & Dying Trees July 22, 2007.pdf
37B 2008 Skywatch Poster Trees+Contrails 2008.pdf
37B 2009 United Nations 2009 Summary & Update Dying Plants by Buckmann.pdf
California Issues
37CZ 2005 California Department of Forestry UFEI Tree Information Website.pdf
37CZ 2005 IHRMP Tree California Oak Report November 3, 2005 danr.ucop UC Berkeley.pdf
37C 2005 Mendocino County Oak Tree Report 2005.pdf
37C 2005 Tree California Oaks October 31, 2005 Tree Health.pdf
37C 2007 Tree Deaths S.F. Chronicle Sierra Nevada CA August 2007.pdf
37C 2007 Tree Declines Death Sierras CA August 8, 2007 The Press Democrat.pdf
37C 2008 Tree Decline The Press Democrat CA History Archive 2008 A.pdf
37C 2008 Tree Decline The Press Democrat CA History Archive 2008 B.pdf
37C 2008 Tree Rights in California Protected NYTimes July 23, 2008.pdf
37C 2009 USGS Tree Deaths Doubled-Western United States January 22, 2009.pdf
Aluminum Issues
37D 1993 TPS Aluminum Effect of Ozone and Aluminum on Pitch Pine Trees.pdf
37D 1997 Gypsum-Limestone Tree Decline September 22, 1997 Acid Rain.pdf
37D 1998 TPS Aluminum Forest Soils Abstract SSSAJ 1998.pdf
37D 2000 TPS Aluminum in Soils Abstract Acidification 2000.pdf
37D 2001 TPS Aluminum March 2001 Abstract Plant Physiology Studies.pdf
37D 2003 TPS Aluminum Resistant Plant Development Molecular Biology 2003 Howell.pdf
37D 2004 Study on Tree Health Aluminum and Calcium July 1, 2004 Implications for Tree Health.pdf
37D 2004 Tree Health Aluminum 2004 Calcium in Spruce Trees-Tree Physiology.pdf
37D 2004 U.S. Forest Service Tree Health Aluminum Studies 2004 Published.pdf
37D 2004 U.S. Forest Service Tree Physiology 2004 Tree Health Aluminum Calcium Spruce.pdf
37D 2004 Weather BBC 2004 Acid Rain + Dying Forests.pdf
37D 2005 TPS Aluminum USDA January 31, 2005 Soils + Plants Abstract.pdf
37D 2007 TPS Aluminum Wheat Production in Stressed Soils 2007 Book Abstract.pdf
37D 2008 TPS Aluminum Ontario Canada Soils July 31, 2008 Ministry of Agriculture Food Affairs.pdf
37D 2008 TPS Aluminum Tolerant Crops MIT October 2, 2008 Genetic Engineering.pdf
37D 2008 TPS Aluminum Tolerant Crops October 3, 2008 by Mason Inman.pdf
Experiments
Foreign Countries
37F 1996 JapanTree Decline Foliage Color 1996. pdf.pdf
37F 2007 Tree Planting Canada August 13, 2007 Investing for the Future.pdf
37F 2008 Tree Declines NYTimes May 25, 2008 Brazil Rainforest Deforestation.pdf
37F 2009 Brazil - Paying Farmers to Let Trees Stand August 22, 2009 NYTimes Page 1.pdf
Genetically Modified Trees & Forest Ecosystems
37G 2005 Genetically Modified GM Forest Trees World Status 2005.pdf
37G 2005 Genetically Modified or GM Forest Trees 2005.pdf
37G 2007 Geoengineered Trees Threaten Forest Ecosystems August 2, 2007.pdf
Herbicides, Pesticides, Insecticides
37H 2009 Forest Aerial Spray Abstract May 2009 Search.pdf
Clearcutting & Deforestation + Salmon Issues
37I 2008 Aviation Alternatives - Biofuels Spreading Hunger + Deforestation May 2008 Monbiot.pdf
37I 2008 Salmon NYTimes December 2008 America - Disappearing Forests - Salmon.pdf
Oak Trees
37K 2005 Climate Change Threatens California Oaks Santa Cruz Sentinal News CA November 1, 2005.pdf
37K 2007 Acorn Decline August 30, 2007 The Reporter.pdf
37K 2008 Acorn Decline California Department of Fish-Game 2008 1.pdf
37K 2008 Acorn Decline California Department of Fish-Game 2008 2.pdf
37K 2008 Acorn Decline California Department of Fish-Game Search 2008.pdf
37K 2008 Acorn Decline CNRS 2008 Possibilities - Unknown.pdf
37K 2008 Acorn Decline December 8, 2008 Mysterious - Squirrels + Other Animal Food.pdf
37K 2008 Acorn Decline Pennsylvania September 15, 2008.pdf
Pollinators
37L 1992 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Tree Pollinator Decline Flying Foxes 1992 Abstract.pdf
Miscellaneous Issues
37M 2008 ENN News July 23, 2008 Improved Forest Practices Cut Carbon Emissions.pdf
37M 2010 Moringa Oleifera Tree Seeds-Water Treatment March 14, 2010 Science Daily News.pdf
News
37P 2009 NYTimes July 7, 2009 Forest Decline Beetle Attacks on Western Forests by Robbins.pdf
Tree Pests
37Q 2004 Tree Decline Mendocino County Ft. Bragg Advocate-News July 29, 2004 Bark Beetle 2004.pdf
Lack of Photosynthesis & Direct Sunlight Reaching the Earth - Increasing Cloud Cover
37S 1994 Reasons Why Trees and Shrubs May Fail to Bloom-One Reason Lack of Sunlight 1994.pdf
United States
37U 1985 Tree Deaths Red Pine Wisconsin.pdf
37U 2001Tree Decline & Death August 27, 2001 Hopey.pdf
37U 2005 Forest Decline - Tree Decline - Pests July 5, 2009 The Independent News.pdf
37U 2005 Tree Decline October 21, 2005.pdf
37U 2005 University of Arizona Tree Deaths Sierra Nevada.pdf
37U 2006 Trees Colorado Aspen Decline September 11, 2006 Rocky Mountain News.pdf
37U 2008Tree Decline NYTimes November 17, 2008 Bark Beetles Kill Millions in West.pdf
37U 2008 Tree Decline NYTimes November 18, 2008 Temperature & Pests.pdf
37U 2009 Tree Mortality Increasing in B.C + Western U.S. CBCNews CA January 2009.pdf
37U 2010 Tree Growth Study-Many Questions NYTimes February 2, 2010 by Kaufman.pdf
37U U.S. Tree Ring Studies Reveal Goldmine of Information 2005 Toppled During Hurricanes.pdf
37V 1990 CRS Congressional Report Tree Decline Acid Rain October 12, 1990.pdf
U.S. Government Agencies & Policies
37V 2000 Tree Health Acid Rain July 2000.pdf
37V 2005 California USDA Forest Service National Forests in CA 2005.pdf
37V 2006 Tree Study Climate January 13, 2006 Importantance of Deep Rooted Trees.pdf
Air Pollution & Acid Rain
37X 2005 Pollution Tree Death Symptoms 2005.pdf
Cap & Trade Tree & Forest Offsets
37Y 2007 Australia Tree Planting Only Carbon Trading Scheme August 6,2007.pdf
37Y 2008 ENN News July 23, 2008 Improved Forest Practices Cut Carbon Emissions.pdf
No Comment
"U.S. Forest Service - February 20, 2012 - Using Forest & Other Trees in Cap & Trade Carbon Credit Program. This program allows trees in California and across the United States to be sold on the Stock Market as Pollution Offsets
(credits), so that these polluting corporations can continue to pollute at current or ever-increasing rates. These tree
credits can be purchased by the public to "offset" their aviation travel and other polluting activities. The increase in pollution from this "Ponzi-Type Scheme" will result in more pollution that will kill our trees and plants from acid rains and other types of pollution."
Maria Janowiak: An Introduction to Forest Carbon Management
Climate Change Resource Center: Forest and Grassland Carbon in North America
I have a deep affection for the Redwood forests of Northern California. This is my best attempt to capture the reverence I feel when in the presence of these giants.
A film by Jesse Rosten - twitter.com/JesseRosten
Words by Kallie Markle - twitter.com/lightningvsbug
Music - "Window" The Album Leaf